Fengaros Festival 2018
- by Louvana Records
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- 02 May, 2018
2 - 4 August, Journalists’ Village, Pervolia, Cyprus
The biggest and most exciting festival in Cyprus announces the most ambitious line-up of its 8 year journey. Acclaimed international artists will perform at the festival’s stages, thus including Cyprus in their European tours for the first time. This year’s line up balances between world-renowned artists like Joan As Police Woman from New York, TootArd from Golan Heights, Deerhoof from San Francisco and up-and-coming talents such as the South African Alice Phoebe Lou and Berliners Tau. At the same time, Fengaros Festival has chosen the most interesting acts of the current Greek music scene such as Σtella, Negros tou Moria and Bazooka, among others, and just like every year it will present the best and most active bands from Cyprus.
The festival is moving its location this year and it will be located by the sea for the first time. 22 acts and DJs in total will perform at the festival’s Field and Playground stages from Thursday, August 2nd until Saturday, August 4th in an idyllic setting.
Tickets/Info: www.fengaros.com
Tickets Presale: €21.50 One-day / €37.50 Three-day
Tickets at the door (if Available): €25 One-day / €45 Three-day
Location: Journalists’ Village, Pervolia, Cyprus
LIVE ACTS:
Joan As Police Woman (US) / Deerhoof (US) / TootArd (Golan Heights) / Alice Phoebe Lou (ZA) / Negros tou Moria (GR) / Bazooka (GR) / Σtella (GR) / A Hawk and A Hacksaw (US) / Soccer96 (UK) / TAU (IE) / Sillyboy’s Ghost Relatives (GR) / Arcadian Child (CY) / Balothizer (UK) / Black Anis (CY) / Mighty Sugarcane (CY) / Belua (CY) / Eleni Era (DE) / Lemesios (CY) / Avgi (CY)
DJs:
Duru Duru (GR) / Blue Lagoon (GR) / Black Athena (GR)
Presenter: Carlsberg Beer
Sponsors: Cyprus Tourism Organisation / Οργανισμός Νεολαίας Κύπρου / Youth Board of Cyprus
Media sponsors: Popaganda / Parathyro
Supporter: Cyprus Journalists Union
Once in a lifetime, you’ll experience a pandemic. Once in a blue moon, you’ll have a chance to escape to a secluded island. Once on a red Thursday, as the local saying in Cyprus goes, you’ll be in a situation with a group of complete strangers, fully immersed in the sparks of creation flying forth. On A Red Thursday (9 March) is the product of just such a gathering of musicians from a multitude of backgrounds, journeys, skills and preferences. Their first single, ‘ Until We Meet Again’ , performed by Eurotoire team members Panayi and Jolien marks the beginning of sharing their experiences of stepping outside their comfort zones with the world. Following this first offering is alternative RnB number ‘ So Lonely ’ (3 February) performed by Maris Pihlap. ‘ Figures ’ (25 February) is the final single before the album’s release and sees Raveloe and Tamara van Esch punk out in a commentary on obstacles womxn face.
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In a songwriting programme piloted by Cypriot label, Louvana Records called Eurotoire, songwriters, producers, and session musicians from ten countries were invited to gather in Cyprus to test their limits, trust strangers, and allow their artistry to merge. Their initial week-long meeting began on a Thursday in June at Studio eleven63 in the island’s capital of Nicosia and blossomed into fifteen demos. After another two writing and recording sessions in July and September, the tracks bloomed into the Eurotoire team members’ fully-fledged album. Now they’re using On A Red Thursday to spread the word about the power of surrendering to creative instinct and collaborating with the unknown. On 13 February, the Louvana Records YouTube channel premiered a short documentary created by all eighteen artists with a single camera shared between them. Clips shot by the artists were edited together by videographer Antonis Pouliasis to depict their journey from complete strangers to collaborators as they untie forces to create an album together.